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Not so long ago we were still wondering when the Canadian banks would raise their dividends again, if ever (it seemed) after the 2008-2009 crisis.
Then National Bank led the way, quickly followed by TD.
It’s earnings week for Canadian banks this week, and TD (Toronto Dominion Group) just posted a 23% gain in profits, while raising [...]
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Calls have been coming for a while to halt Saturday delivery by the US Postal Service (USPS) in order to cut back on costs, but this hasn’t stopped the USPS from raising pay checks in the meantime (and employee compensation has been estimated to be about 80% of their costs).
Yet just this past Friday, the [...]
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CIBC came out with third quarter earnings today and they topped analyst expectations handily, by an additional 13 cents per share over the amount expected.
The big question on Canadian investors’ minds, though, is when CIBC can finally begin raising its dividend again. Right now CIBC is paying 87 cents a share and has been for [...]
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It’s bad enough to initially depend on just one source of income, but it’s even worse to not invest it or diversify it such that you protect it over time. In other words, there is more than one way to diversify your income.
(1) You can diversify your sources of income so that you have, say, [...]
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Canadian banks have the best balance sheets among all world banks, but the top 5 Canadian banks can’t increase their dividends until they learn from Basel III what the new regulations are going to be concerning capital requirements for banks.
Not long after Basel III’s new capital and liquidity rules are announced, banks will likely be [...]
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